Climate change, energy and social preferences on policies: Exploratory evidence for Spain

Climate Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 343-348

  Hanemann, Michael ^a   Labandeira, Xavier ^b,c   Loureiro, Maria L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c Economics for Energy   (Spain)

^d Faculty of Economics and Business Administration   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Electricity; Spain; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES; COPENHAGEN; ELECTRIC BILLS; ENERGY PRICES; ENERGY SECTOR; GREEN ELECTRICITY; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; PRICE INCREASE; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SOCIAL PREFERENCE; SPAIN; TELEPHONE SURVEY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRICITY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

GAS EMISSIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TELEPHONE NETWORK; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

SPAIN;

EID: 80052469089     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00994     Document Type: Article

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